Baby on board: Woman gives birth in moving car

An expectant father was racing down a lonely stretch of highway to a birthing center in South Texas this week when his very pregnant wife delivered an 8-pound baby. After one push, baby Wilow popped out. Everything went smoothly and Jennifer Russell even unwrapped the umbilical cord from around the baby’s neck.

With one hand on the wheel and the other holding a camera, Zachary Russell caught the entire thing on video camera. Driving with only hand might be considered unsafe, but Zachary got some amazing video coverage (see below).

And then there’s the dramatic story of the baby born on the side of the road during an ice storm in the Baltimore area. The father called 911 but he’s partially deaf so he couldn’t hear the operator.

“The cord was around her neck, so that’s when I told (my wife), ‘You’re going to have to push.’ She said, ‘I can’t push,’ and I said, ‘You have to push because the cord’s around the neck.’ So, she finally pushed, and the cord came out more, so I was able to lift it over the head,” Kirby Love explained to WBAL-TV.

While expectant parents make all sorts of child birth plans, giving birth is inherently unpredictable. Were you surprised by your birth? Do you have a crazy child birth story?